By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Analytics & Resilience, UNSW Sydney
Such mishaps seems to be on the rise, with artists dealing with everything from flying skittles to reckless audience members rushing at them mid-performance.
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By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
Reports claim the government is cancelling the JP9102 project by Lockheed Martin, meant to deliver an “uncrackable” comms network for the Australian military.
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By Hafsa Ahmed, Senior lecturer, Department of Global Value Chains and Trade, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Shared values between Māori and Asian communities can reduce the cultural distance between New Zealand and the region. But the government needs to authentically embrace tikanga Māori to benefit.
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
The United States presidential election will be held Tuesday, with results coming in from Wednesday morning AEDT. I have a guide to Wednesday below that includes when polls in the key states close and other information.
In analyst Nate Silver’s aggregate of national polls, Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump by 48.5–47.8, a gain for Trump since…
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By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney
Harris has a $1 billion ground operation and women voters. Trump has voter discontent with the economy and immigration. Which will be the key to victory?
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By Kate Cantrell, Senior Lecturer — Writing, Editing, Publishing, University of Southern Queensland
Jessica Gildersleeve, Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
Susan Hopkins, Lecturer in Communication, University of Southern Queensland
At first glance, Netflix’s Woman of the Hour is yet another true crime fictionalisation that plays to our preoccupation with American serial killers of decades past.
Directed by Anna Kendrick, who also plays the female protagonist Sheryl Bradshaw, the film reconstructs the crimes of serial rapist and murderer Rodney Alcala, aka the “dating game killer”. Alcala famously appeared on (and won) a television matchmaking show in 1978 amid a years-long killing…
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By Samuel Garrett, Research Associate, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
The vagaries of polling – and, most of all, the vagaries of the US electoral system – mean there is little point attempting to read the tea leaves beyond the broad public sentiment polling captures.
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By Jan Kreibich, PhD Candidate, Centre for Ecosystem Science & Water Research Laboratory, UNSW Sydney
Richard Kingsford, Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney
New research shows how river flows in the once-mighty Murrumbidgee have dwindled over time, leaving the floodplain high and dry. But the main culprit is not climate change and we can fix it.
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By Ray Kelly, PhD candidate, School of Medicine, The University of Melbourne
Margaret Morris, Professor of Pharmacology, UNSW Sydney
In a new review, we explored the impact of physical activity on type 2 diabetes among First Nations Australians. But there wasn’t much data to be found.
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By Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, University of Sydney
In the United States, the state you live in, how you vote and how extreme your views are can all have an impact on your health and wellbeing. There are also lessons for Australia.
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